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We investigate quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) as a diagnostic tool for probing frame-dragging effects and accretion disk physics in the spacetime of a rotating regular magnetic black hole (BH). Specifically, we analyze the precession of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-13 R. H. Ali , Meng-He Wu , Hong Guo , Xiao-Mei Kuang

We compute exactly the Lense-Thirring precession frequency for point masses in the Kerr metric, for arbitrary black hole mass and specific angular momentum. We show that this frequency, for point masses at or close to the innermost stable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Merloni , M. Vietri , L. Stella , D. Bini

We investigate the geodesic motion of charged particles in the vicinity of regular black holes with a Minkowski core, embedded in a uniform magnetic field, and study the influences of magnetic field and regular black hole parameter on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-02 Mingyu Guo , Menghe Wu , Xiaomei Kuang , Hong Guo

We investigate the frame-dragging effect of the hairy Kerr spacetimes on the spin of a test gyro and accretion disk. Firstly, we analyze Lense-Thirring (LT) precession frequency, geodetic precession frequency, and the general spin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-21 Meng-He Wu , Hong Guo , Xiao-Mei Kuang

In this paper, we perform small perturbations around the circular timelike orbit in the equatorial plane of the Horndeski rotating black hole, and analyze the effects of Horndeski hair on the three fundamental frequencies of the epicyclic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-20 Meng-He Wu , Hong Guo , Xiao-Mei Kuang

We extend firstly the regular phantom black hole solution to a slowly rotating black hole case and find that the phantom field depresses the angular velocity of the event horizon and suppresses the super-radiation of black hole. We also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-20 Songbai Chen , Mei Wang , Jiliang Jing

In the context of black hole spin in X-ray binaries, we propose that certain type of quasi-period oscillations (QPOs) observed in the light curves of black hole binaries (BHBs) are produced by X-ray modulation at the precession frequency of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Wei Cui , S. N. Zhang , Wan Chen

We develop a simple physical model to describe the most common type of low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) seen in a number of accreting black hole systems, as well as the shape of the relativistically broadened iron emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jeremy D. Schnittman , Jeroen Homan , Jon M. Miller

We study the epicyclic oscillations of test particles around rotating quantum-corrected black holes (QCBHs), characterized by mass $M$, spin $a$, and quantum deformation parameter $b$. By deriving the radial ($\Omega_r$) and vertical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-23 G. Mustafa , Sushant G. Ghosh , Orhan Donmez , S. K. Maurya , Shakhzod Orzuev , Farruh Atamurotov

We explore strong gravity effects of the geodesic motion in the spacetime of rotating black holes in general relativity and braneworld gravity. We focus on the description of the motion in terms of three fundamental frequencies: The orbital…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-05 Alikram N. Aliev , Göksel Daylan Esmer , Pamir Talazan

Type-C QPOs in X-ray binaries have been often interpreted as a consequence of relativistic Lense-Thirring precession around a spinning black hole and they potentially offer a way to measure black hole spins and masses. The connection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-25 S. E. Motta , A. Franchini , G. Lodato , G. Mastroserio

We study the spin precession of a test gyroscope attached to a stationary observer in Kerr-Newman spacetime to distinguish a naked singularity from a black hole. Extending earlier work on Kerr, we examine how the electric charge \(Q\)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Arindam Kumar Chatterjee , Parthapratim Pradhan

The X-ray observation of black hole candidates provides a valuable tool to probe regions very close to the central black hole, where strong-field relativistic effects become important. Recent studies have shown that these effects seem to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wei Cui , Wan Chen , S. N. Zhang

In this study, the behavior of high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) is investigated around a Kerr black hole immersed in a uniform Bertotti-Robinson magnetic field. The motion of the test particle is analyzed by determining the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-20 Hamza Rehman , Sanjar Shaymatov , Saddam Hussain , Tao Zhu

We analyze all available RXTE data on a sample of 13 low mass X-ray binaries with known neutron star spin that are not persistent pulsars. We carefully measure the correlations between the centroid frequencies of the quasi-periodic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-18 Marieke van Doesburgh , Michiel van der Klis

We use the Relativistic Precession Model (RPM) (Stella et al. 1999a) and quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) observations from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer to derive constraints on the properties of the black holes that power these sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-05 Katherine Rink , Ilaria Caiazzo , Jeremy Heyl

An impressive feature of loop quantum gravity (LQG) is that it can elegantly resolve both the big bang and black hole singularities. By using the Newman-Janis algorithm, a regular and effective rotating self-dual black hole(SDBH) metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-03 Cheng Liu , Haiguang Xu , Hoongwah Siew , Tao Zhu , Qiang Wu , Yuanyuan Zhao

The Accretion-Ejection Instability has been proposed to explain the low frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) observed in low-mass X-Ray Binaries, in particular Black-Hole candidates. Its frequency, typically a fraction of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Varniere , J. Rodriguez , M. Tagger

{This study explores the motion of massive test particles and associated quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) around an accelerating black hole. The acceleration factor $A$ suppresses the radial effective potential $V_{\text{eff}}$, thereby…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-30 Tao-Tao Sui , Xin-Yang Wang

We propose a polynomial approximation of the global Lense-Thirring rigid precession frequency to study low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations around spinning black holes. This high-performing approximation allows to determine the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-28 Vittorio De Falco , Sara Motta
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